Table 3.

Crude and multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios for neonatal death associated with caesarean versus vaginal delivery, Ethiopia DHS 2016

	Prevalence ratio (95% CI) for neonatal death
Main analysis
Vaginal delivery	1 (Ref.)
Caesarean delivery, crude (n=10 641)	3.02 (1.37 to 6.66)
Caesarean delivery, model 1* (n=10 641)	2.81 (1.11 to 7.13)
Subgroup analyses
Restricted to Addis Ababa† (n=461)	1.07 (0.20 to 5.73)
Excluded Addis Ababa and Harari* (n=9 575)	3.35 (1.31 to 8.56)
Restricted to births in public facility* (n=3 023)	2.78 (1.16 to 6.63)
Restricted to rural mothers† (n=8 636)	3.43 (1.22 to 9.67)
Restricted to women from lowest quintile of household wealth‡ (n=3 958)	7.01 (0.92 to 53.36)
Restricted to women from highest quintile of household wealth‡ (n=2 092)	2.72 (0.55 to 13.38)

*Adjusted for place of delivery, type of residence (urban/rural), sex of child, size of baby at birth, mother’s age at birth, mother’s education, birth order and household wealth.

†Adjusted for place of delivery, sex of child, size of baby at birth, mother’s age at birth, mother’s education, birth order and household wealth.

‡Adjusted for place of delivery, sex of child, size of baby at birth, mother’s age at birth, mother’s education and birth order.